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James C. Schaap publishes new book, Sixty at Sixty
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09/8/2008
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Schaap
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\~A newly released book by James C. Schaap uses the inspiration of
the Psalms as a springboard to lose the La\_Z\_Boy and pump up the
prayer life, rejoicing in the faithful presence of God in everyday
details of life.
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Schaap\uc1\u8217?s newest release is a book of devotionals, written
like one\_a\_day vitamin capsules to offer a daily boost of praise
and prayer. \uc1\u8220?The psalms are an incredible benefit to the
human soul,\uc1\u8221? says Schaap. \uc1\u8220?They help you realize
that no matter what happens, other people have been through this.\uc1\u8221?
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{\i Sixty at Sixty:} {\i a Boomer Reflects on the Psalms} is a collection
of personal observations from Schaap\uc1\u8217?s own 60 years of life,
which tie into similar emotional and spiritual responses penned by
ancient psalmists.
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Author and theologian Eugene Peterson calls Schaap\uc1\u8217?s work
a \uc1\u8220?timely antidote,\uc1\u8221? and says in the forward,
\uc1\u8220?A pause at any age in the storytelling and praying company
of Jim Schaap is enough to recover a fading memory, revive sagging
hope, or simply sink more attentively into what is going on with the
people around us this day, and what is going on with God, who is always
with us.\uc1\u8221?
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Published by \'46aith Alive Christian Resources, each page features
the storytelling style Schaap is noted for. He is a professor of literature
and writing at Dordt College, and has published more than 20 books,
including the novels Romey\uc1\u8217?s Place, {\i The Secrets of Barneveld
Calvary, Home \'46ree, In the Silence There Are Ghosts,} and {\i Touches
the Sky}, an Award of Merit winner with Christianity Today. Schaap\uc1\u8217?s
work has been awarded five top Evangelical Press Association fiction
awards and four Associated Church Press Awards. He also wrote the
original film script for {\i The Reckoning}, an award\_winning documentary
featuring the Dutch Resistance story of Diet Eman and other WW II
survivors.
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A previous devotional book, {\i Intermission}, was written for the
junior high age level and published in 1985. {\i Every Bit of Who
I Am} is a more recent effort, written at the high school level. He\uc1\u8217?s
also written a half dozen smaller children\uc1\u8217?s devotionals.
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Schaap said he began writing devotionals based on the Psalms about
four years ago, inspired by the work of Abraham Kuyper in his book,
{\i Near Unto God}. Though his original focus was nature\uc1\u8217?s
imagery, Schaap\uc1\u8217?s pastor (Herm Van Niejenhuis, of Covenant
Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center) noted a second theme while
reading through the original assemblage of 365 devotionals: meditations
that dealt with the topic of getting older.
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\uc1\u8220?Honestly, I wasn\uc1\u8217?t aware of that being a theme
in the collection I\uc1\u8217?d been writing; but I wasn\uc1\u8217?t
surprised that it was,\uc1\u8221? says Schaap. {\i Sixty at Sixty}
relates God\uc1\u8217?s companionship during a lifetime as we walk
through every aspect of human emotion. As noted in a devotional based
on Psalm 37:18, \uc1\u8220?the picture of open, warm and loving hands
extended to us each morning is the assurance, simply stated, that
God knows. God\uc1\u8217?s not off on a cruise or so wrapped up with
the crisis in Iraq that he has no time for our problems.\uc1\u8221?
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{\i Sixty at Sixty} is available locally at the Dordt College Bookstore,
at True Vine, and from the website of the publisher (where a sample
chapter is posted). \line
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